Rather than gripping intrigue, we have 20 minutes of idle chat from Columbo and his stupid sidekicks, and a medley of couldn’t-care-less-about characters reacting to the Lieutenant holding cupped hands to their ears and stating: “The Commodore’s watch.” The guilty party – our mate Swanny – supposedly identifies himself by saying ‘ Tisn’t.’ Yet the conclusion to this dross is as bad as anything that preceded it in the ponderous build-up. Worst gotcha – Last Salute to the CommodoreĬolumbo’s first foray into the world of Agatha Christie-style parlour-room reveals could have partly salvaged an otherwise dreadful episode. To sum up, Last Salute a disastrous outing, which isn’t just poor by Columbo standards – it’s simply a bad piece of television. Packed with hateful characters, and lumbering the Lieutenant with two idiotic side-kicks, Last Salute attempted to be a classic whodunnit but instead delivered a tepid, confusing and deeply unfunny mess that culminates in what can only be described as the least satisfying parlour room reveal of all time.Įven worse, though, was the way Falk and McGoohan managed to make Columbo a total annoyance – not just to suspects, but to the viewer! Replete with weird mannerisms, stoned line delivery and outright creepy invading of personal space, this is a Lieutenant who’s impossible to love. In the mistaken belief that this would be the last ever episode of Columbo, Peter Falk and BFF director Patrick McGoohan cooked up an adventure like no other, but this hugely indulgent debacle is the stuff of nightmares.
#COLUMBO EPISODES ABBY SERIES#
Worst episode – Last Salute to the Commodore I’d be crying if I was in this garbage, too!Īt best a failed experiment, at worst an affront to the series and an insult to the viewer, Last Salute to the Commodore is the one 70s’ episode that is almost universally panned – and deservedly so. This lot simply can’t wait for the fun to begin! Life’s too short! Go and watch an episode instead. If your favourite episode or character is lampooned here, please don’t take it personally. NB – as always when writing an article of this type I’d like to remind readers not to take it too seriously. Just which guest stars and episodes will enter the Hall of Shame tonight?And, just as pertinently, can anything prevent Last Salute to the Commodore from making a clean sweep across all categories? Let’s take a deep breath and find out… That’s because we’re considering the lesser Columbo episodes and killers of the classic era, the moments that make us cringe and the characters that we’d gladly never see again. For every hundred of the series’ masterful moments there’s a hideous misstep lurking in the corner of our memories – and that’s what we’re setting out to identify today.įollowing on from the blockbuster success of the Columbo ‘Best Of’ Awards article of last week, there are 16 further gongs being handed out here – but no one wants to get their hands on these ones. For every Lieutenant Columbo there is a Sergeant Grover. You won a Columbo Razzie for your episode? Gee whizz… For every light there is a dark.
0 kommentar(er)
